Monthly archives: October, 2010

Hezekiah Conscious Porn Release Date: October 12, 2010 Final Grade: 94% Conscious Porn is all about living freely and giving the listener what Hezekiah refers to as a “lyrical mind-fuck.” A “lyrical mind-fuck” is Hezekiah’s method of getting the listener to shed their pre-conceived notions about life and the world around them. There is a…

Ok. So its not where Hip Hop lives, but it does visit from time to time. I’m not boycotting B.E.T. by any means. I just don’t watch it. I’ve come to find out it’s not for me. I do, however, have to salute Skillz (Mad Skillz from Va) for going off in the cypher. Mad…

[I.M.O.] One of the few things that was respectable about the BET award show was the G.O.O.D. Music Cypher. Some of the other stuff they tried to pass off as “Hip Hop” was way short of that. 1st. Kanye: I think this was a “real” freestyle. I applaud the attempt, but it was a bad…

I saw Curren$y at a Hennessy Artistry event in Chicago with The Roots and Q-Tip among many other special guest. One of said guest was New Orleans emcee Currren$y. I had heard of this cat before and even downloaded one of his mixtapes just to check it out. Initially I was not impressed with Currsn$y’s…

What are you really “celebrating”? Do you truly know what it is when somebody says “Columbus Day”? Since elementary school and as far back as the beginning of the “U.S.”, Columbus Day has been celebrated. As I got older and realized that Columbus “found” something that was already “found” and that led to the massacre…

EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group’s name is a concatenation of the members’ name “E” and “PMD” or an acronym for “Erick and Parrish Making Dollars” (later “Erick and Parrish Millennium Ducats”), referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon (“E”) and Parrish Smith (“PMD”). The group has been active…

From: Nas To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks Subject: PUT MY SH*T OUT! Peace to all, With all do respect to you all, Nas is NOBODY’s slave. This is not the 1800’s, respect me and I will respect you. I won’t even tap dance around in an email,…

Killer Mike released his debut album, Monster, in 2003. The album’s lead single was “Akshon (Yeah!)”, it featured OutKast on guest vocals, and was included on the soundtrack to the 2004 version of EA Sports popular video game Madden NFL. He even made a Madden ’04 remix of “Akshon (Yeah!)” for the game. The album’s…